CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-15953

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Published: Jul 27, 2020 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.4
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

LibEtPan through 1.9.4, as used in MailCore 2 through 0.6.3 and other products, has a STARTTLS buffering issue that affects IMAP, SMTP, and POP3. When a server sends a begin TLS response, the client reads additional data (e.g., from a meddler-in-the-middle attacker) and evaluates it in a TLS context, aka response injection.

Weakness

The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Libetpan Libetpan_project * 1.9.4 (including)
Libetpan Ubuntu bionic *
Libetpan Ubuntu groovy *
Libetpan Ubuntu hirsute *
Libetpan Ubuntu impish *
Libetpan Ubuntu kinetic *
Libetpan Ubuntu lunar *
Libetpan Ubuntu mantic *
Libetpan Ubuntu trusty *
Libetpan Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

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